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I. B. ARTHUR; Corn Planter, Plow, and Cultivator.

Patented April 28, 1868.

N-PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C:

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Letters Patent No. 77,238, dated April 28, 1868.

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Be it known that I, ISAIAH B. ARTHUR, of Sidonsb'urg, in the county of York, and State ofvPennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Combined Corn-Plough, Planter, and Cultivator; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure '1 is a longitudinal vertical section.

Figure 2 is a plan.

This invention combines a new arrangementof the ploughs, cultivator-guards, and covering-roller with a new and greatly simplified method of operating the seed-distributor. v

In thc drawings, A A represent different parts of the frame; B B, the draught-wheels; D, theaxle; G, the seed box; E, the draught-pole; F, the front plough; M M, the two middle ones, and R R the two rear ones;

G G, the guards employed in connection with the plougbs M M; H, thedrivers seat; and I a roller by which all the ploughs except the front one can be simultaneously raised or lowered at pleasure by means of connections shown atjj. h g

The front plough, F, is attached to a beam, J, which is hinged at its front to the forward part of the,frame A in such a manner that it can be raised and depressed by means of a treadle near the drivers seat. The

beam J, with its plough,'F, is made detachable and removable. When the instrument is employed in ploughing v or planting, all the ploughs are used, but when cultivating the corn, the front plough is taken oil and only the middle and rear ones retainedl,

K K are beams, pivoted like the beam J, which support the ploughs MM, It R, the two former ploughs being attached to bosses or arms jutting inward from the inner side, and the two latter being attached to similar projections jutting outward from the'outer side of the plough-beams, by which means the ploughs are thrown out of line and mediate cut parallel furrows at the proper distance apart.

The guards G G, which are employed, when cultivating, to shield the corn from the falling clods, and to allow only the fine dirt, mould, 850., to pass through and reach the corn, are made of curved plates of metal attached in any suitable manner to the standards or shanks of the 'plonghs M M, so as to rise and fall'with' them, always maintaining their relative position.

When ploughing very hard soil with a light team, previous to planting, the four rear ploughs may be raised by throwing forward the .lever I, which controls the roller 1, 'so as to leave but one plough, F, in the ground; and when planting, ,the same thing may be done, if desired.-

The object of the instrument is, however, to enable the farmer to plough his field and plant his corn at the same-time by going over the ground once. To do this, he must use the front plough, seeding-attachment, covering-roller, N, and one orboth pairs of rear ploughs, M M, R R. v

The rear ploughs, running outside of the furrow made by the plough F, in which the seed is planted, plough the ground beyond the furrow every time the machine crosses the'field, keeping one or two furrows inadvanee of the furrowiug-plough F, which comes after and makes a suitable channel to receive the seed. The seed is dropped directly in rearof the plough F, and the roller N, formed as shown in fig. 2, follows behind, catching the dirt from the sides of'the' furrow, and, by the operation of its concave shape, bringing such .dirt to the centre of the furrow, so as to e'fi'ectually cover the seed,

In cultivating the corn, as before remarked, the plough h and roller N are to be removed, and, if thought necessary, the two rear ploughs R B. may also be taken off.

The seed-distributing arrangement is exceedingly simple and cheap, and can be attached to any form of planter. It consists of a reciprocating slide, a, working in the bottom of the seed-box, so as to open and close an aperture at the proper times, and connected by a. right-angled lever, L,.and a pitman, P, to a double crank shaft, S, which is put in motion by one of the draught-wheels through the medium of proper gearing, w w. This is, perhaps, the simplest and most durable device that can be employed for the purpose.

It is evident, from the above description, that by nxeans of this simple instrument, all the ploughing necessary to be done in the spring can bedone simultaneously with the planting, instead of first going over the ground with a. plough and afterwards with a seeder, as the custom has been heretofore. The saving of labor and time that will be effected by this means, is evident from the mere statement of the operation of the instrument.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, is--. The combination and arrangement of the plough F, ploughs M M, R R, beams, J, K K, roller I, lover I, guards G G, seed-box C, slide 0, lever L, shaft S, and wheel B, when the said parts are constructed, combined, and arranged so as to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ISAIAH B. ARTHUR.

Witnesses:

PETER GARDNER, HOWARD P. HUMOR. 

